"Robert" wrote ...
Can someone advise please .... does it need to be blanched? .... please
say
no lol

It contains an enzyme that will turn the sugars to starch if you don't
blanch it asap after picking to kill the enzyme, we plunge ours into boiling
water, then bring it back to the boil, and give it about 5 mins, then cool
it as fast as possible.

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Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK